Implement for pjshing and pulling



0, E. MOUSA.

IMPLEMENT FOR PUSHING AND PULLING.

APPLICATION FILED IuNE 4, |919.

Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

OSCAR E. MOUSA,

or FAIRBURY,

ILLINOIS.

IMPLEMENT FOR PUSHING- AND PULLING.

Application led June 4, 1919.

T 0 all cli/tom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, OSCAR E. MoUsA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fairbury, in the county of Livingston-and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Implements for YPushing and Pulling, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

rIhis invention relates to certain improvements in implements for pushing and pulling, and has relation more particularly to an implement of this general charactergespecially designed and' adapted for use in the stretching of woven fence fabric or the like, and it is an object ofthe invention to provide a novel andv improved implement of this character which may be engaged with the work with convenience and operated with facility.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a novel and improved device of this general character including an arcuate meinber provided at one extremity with engaging means and having secured to its opposite extremity and at a point substantially central thereof with an operating member or lever.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved implement for pushing and pulling whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

rIhe novel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitely claimed.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will now proceed to describe the Same with reference te the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure I is a view in elevation illustrating an implement constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention and in applied position.

Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of the head as comprised in my improved implement.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view, partly in elevation and partly in section, illustrating a connection between the head and operating lever.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view, partly in elevation and partly in section, illustrating the connection between the operating lever Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

Serial No. 301,634.

and the inwardly directed arm comprised in the head, and

Fig. is a fragmentary view in elevation of the'clamping bars as herein embodied.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, H denotes a head consisting of an arcuate rigid member in excess of a simicircle and preferably substantially three-quarters of a circle. rl`he head H is of a radius demanded by the requirements of practice and is provided yat one extremity with a claw l for a purpose to be hereinafter more particularly referred to. The opposite end portion of the head H is provided with the inwardly directed and substantially radially disposed arm 2.

Overlying the arm 2 is an angular end portion or extension 3 of an elongated lever L and which lever L and the extension 3 thereof are preferably formed of metal. The outer end of the extension 3 is reduced to afford a stud 4 extending through an opening 5 formed in the head H at a point substantially in radial alinement with the arm. The stud 4; is of such a length that after the same has been initially disposed through the opening 5, the outer portion of said stud can be upset, as indicated at 6, whereby the outer end of the angular por tion of extension 3 is effectively secured to the head H.

The arm 2 at a point substantially mid way thereof is provided with a pair of transversely spaced openings 7 between which is arranged the angular portion or extension 3 of the lever L. Straddling the portion or extension 3 of the lever L is a U-shaped member M and the side members or arms 8 of said member are disposed through the openings 7. Engaged with the free end portions of the side members 8 are the clamping members 9 which engage the inner face of the arm 2, whereby the lever L, or more particularly the angular portion or extension 3 thereof, is securely anchored to the arm 2.

The clamping members 9 preferably constitute nuts of a conventional type and by having said members 8 positioned inwardly of the arm 2, the same are located in a manner whereby they offer no hindrance or interference with the use of the implement.

In practice, it is preferred that a pair of clamping bars be engaged with the opposite sides of a fence fabric F or the like and held thereto in a conventional manner An end portion of the chain is suitably anchored to a post or other support and the opposite end portion directed through an opening afforded by a pair of registering notches l0. 'Ihe head H is then engaged With the outer edges of the bars B with the claw 1 of said head H suitably engaged With a link of the chain.v It is preferred that theclaW 2 engage the chain 11 from be- 10W s o that, upon forcing the lever L down- Wardly, the bars B will be moved in a direction to impose the requisite strain upon the fabric F.

To hold the bars B against return move- Y ment under the influence of the fabric F,

after said fabric has been pulled or stretched bythe implement, a removable pin V12 is inserted through a link of the chain in front of the bars B for contact with said bars B. By this means, the Ypin 12 may be arranged at any desired angle as necessitated by the link of the chain through which it is di rected. The opera-tions of the implement Vmay be thus repeated until the desired lever L with the angular portion or extension 3, as by this means the implement can be used to advantageat a point on the bars B in close proximity to the ground level.

From the foregoing description, it is 'thought to be obvious that an implement for pushing and pulling constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly Well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with Which it may berassembled and operated, and it Will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification Without departing from the principles and spirit thereof and Y ,terminating at substantially the axial center of the head, said head substantially in alinement with the arm being provided With an opening, a lever overlying the arm and Vhaving an end portion secured Withinthe opening of the head, and means for securing the lever to the arm.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix my signature in the presence of two Wit- 

